Bill Text: NY S06401 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-08-24 - signed chap.150 [S06401 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06401-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6401--B Cal. No. 370 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit- tee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 19 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 19. "Duly authorized instructor" means (a) a duly commissioned officer 4 of the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the 5 national guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult 6 citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an 7 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy 8 or marine corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, or by the 9 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly 10 organized under the laws of this state; [or] (c) by a person duly quali- 11 fied and designated by the department of environmental conservation 12 under paragraph [d] c of subdivision [six] three of section 11-0713 of 13 the environmental conservation law as its agent in the giving of 14 instruction and the making of certifications of qualification in respon- 15 sible hunting practices; or (d) a New York state 4-H certified shooting 16 sports instructor. 17 § 2. Paragraphs 7, 7-c, and 7-d of subdivision a of section 265.20 of 18 the penal law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1998 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13021-07-0S. 6401--B 2 1 and paragraphs 7-c and 7-d as added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1996, 2 are amended to read as follows: 3 7. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the purpose 4 of loading and firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the propelling force of 5 which is gunpowder by a person under sixteen years of age but not under 6 twelve, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruction of (a) 7 a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, air force, 8 marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the state of 9 New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who 10 has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms practice 11 issued by the United States army, navy, air force or marine corps, or by 12 the adjutant general of this state, [or] by the national rifle associ- 13 ation of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under the 14 laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 15 instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of eigh- 16 teen designated in writing by such parent or guardian who shall have a 17 certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, including safety, 18 ethics, and landowner relations-hunter relations, issued or honored by 19 the department of environmental conservation; or (d) an agent of the 20 department of environmental conservation appointed to conduct courses in 21 responsible hunting practices pursuant to article eleven of the environ- 22 mental conservation law. 23 7-c. Possession for the purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, 24 pistol or shotgun, the propelling force of which may be either air, 25 compressed gas or springs, by a person under sixteen years of age but 26 not under twelve, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruc- 27 tion of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, 28 marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the state of 29 New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who 30 has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms practice 31 issued by the United States army, navy or marine corps, or by the adju- 32 tant general of this state, [or] by the national rifle association of 33 America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under the laws of 34 this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 35 instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of eigh- 36 teen designated in writing by such parent or guardian who shall have a 37 certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, including safety, 38 ethics, and landowner relations-hunter relations, issued or honored by 39 the department of environmental conservation. 40 7-d. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the 41 purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, pistol or shotgun, the 42 propelling force of which may be either air, compressed gas or springs, 43 by a person under twelve years of age, under the immediate supervision, 44 guidance and instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the 45 United States army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the 46 national guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult 47 citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an 48 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy 49 or marine corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, [or] by the 50 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly 51 organized under the laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H 52 certified shooting sports instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a 53 person over the age of eighteen designated in writing by such parent or 54 guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in responsible 55 hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner relations-hunterS. 6401--B 3 1 relations, issued or honored by the department of environmental conser- 2 vation. 3 § 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 4 vision 31 to read as follows: 5 31. "New York state 4-H certified shooting instructor" means a certi- 6 fied shooting sports instructor of the National 4-H Shooting Sports, a 7 non-profit organization, engaged in shooting education and youth devel- 8 opment programming that is administered by the National Institute of 9 Food and Agriculture of the United States department of agriculture. 10 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
